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1961 Kansas City Athletics Stats and Standings1962 1961 1960
Record: 61 - 100 .379 (Pythagorean: 63 - 98 .395)
Finish: Div. Rank: 9League Rank: T9
Manager: Hank Bauer (35 - 67)
Park: Municipal Stadium IHome Attendance: 683,817 (Average: 8,548)
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Team Batting
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Dick Howser | 158 | 611 | 108 | 171 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 37 | 9 | 92 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | .280 | .377 | .362 | .739 |
| Norm Siebern * | 153 | 560 | 68 | 166 | 36 | 5 | 18 | 98 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .296 | .384 | .475 | .859 |
| Jerry Lumpe * | 148 | 569 | 81 | 167 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | .293 | .348 | .392 | .740 |
| Haywood Sullivan | 117 | 331 | 42 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .242 | .333 | .356 | .690 |
| Leo Posada | 116 | 344 | 37 | 87 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | .253 | .321 | .366 | .687 |
| Wayne Causey * | 104 | 312 | 37 | 86 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .276 | .348 | .404 | .752 |
| Joe Pignatano | 92 | 243 | 31 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .243 | .347 | .358 | .705 |
| Deron Johnson | 83 | 283 | 31 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .216 | .252 | .360 | .612 |
| Jay Hankins * | 76 | 173 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .185 | .225 | .272 | .497 |
| Bobby Del Greco | 74 | 239 | 34 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .230 | .317 | .360 | .677 |
| Jim Rivera * | 64 | 141 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .241 | .352 | .340 | .692 |
| Gene Stephens * | 62 | 183 | 22 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .208 | .279 | .317 | .596 |
| Lou Klimchock * | 57 | 121 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .215 | .244 | .289 | .533 |
| Joe Nuxhall * | 56 | 65 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .292 | .352 | .446 | .798 |
| Jerry Walker # | 45 | 64 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .284 | .281 | .565 |
| Hank Bauer | 43 | 106 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .264 | .319 | .396 | .715 |
| Norm Bass | 41 | 59 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .133 | .169 | .303 |
| Marv Throneberry * | 40 | 130 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .238 | .336 | .408 | .743 |
| Andy Carey | 39 | 123 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .244 | .336 | .398 | .734 |
| Reno Bertoia | 39 | 120 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .242 | .286 | .258 | .544 |
| Al Pilarcik * | 35 | 60 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .269 | .250 | .519 |
| Bob Shaw | 28 | 55 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| Bob Boyd * | 26 | 48 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 | .240 | .271 | .511 |
| Bill Tuttle | 25 | 84 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .262 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| Wes Covington * | 17 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .159 | .260 | .227 | .487 |
| Frank Cipriani | 13 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .289 | .250 | .539 |
| Lew Krausse | 13 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 |
| Gordon Mackenzie | 11 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 |
| Ozzie Virgil | 11 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| Bobby Prescott | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 |
| Billy Bryan * | 9 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .238 | .316 | .554 |
| Charlie Shoemaker * | 7 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .385 | .429 | .462 | .890 |
| Chuck Essegian | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .500 | .929 |
| Stan Johnson * | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 |
| Clint Courtney * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bill Kunkel | 58 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 |
| Ed Rakow # | 45 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .103 | .129 | .103 | .232 |
| Jim Archer | 39 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .063 | .091 | .079 | .170 |
| Jerry Staley | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| Art Ditmar | 20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 |
| Don Larsen | 18 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .333 | .450 | .783 |
| Dave Wickersham | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| Bud Daley * | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 |
| Bill Fischer | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Ray Herbert | 13 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .138 | .143 | .281 |
| Mickey McDermott * | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 |
| Ed Keegan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Ken Johnson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| John Wyatt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Dan Pfister | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bill Kirk * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Paul Giel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| TOTALS | 162 | 5423 | 683 | 1342 | 216 | 47 | 90 | 0 | 58 | 22 | 580 | 772 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .320 | .354 | .675 |
* = Switch hitter
# = Bats left-handed
Team Pitching
| Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | BK | HBP | BFP | WP | GF | ERA | WHIP |
| Bill Kunkel | 58 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88.67 | 103 | 51 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 396 | 8 | 26 | 5.18 | 1.52 |
| Ed Rakow | 45 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 124.67 | 131 | 66 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 8 | 556 | 8 | 8 | 4.76 | 1.44 |
| Norm Bass | 40 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 170.67 | 164 | 89 | 17 | 82 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 744 | 5 | 9 | 4.69 | 1.44 |
| Jim Archer | 39 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 205.33 | 204 | 73 | 11 | 60 | 6 | 110 | 4 | 5 | 879 | 2 | 7 | 3.20 | 1.29 |
| Joe Nuxhall | 37 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 128.00 | 135 | 76 | 12 | 65 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 580 | 6 | 9 | 5.34 | 1.56 |
| Jerry Walker | 36 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 168.00 | 161 | 90 | 23 | 96 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 10 | 758 | 9 | 10 | 4.82 | 1.53 |
| Bob Shaw | 26 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 150.33 | 165 | 72 | 13 | 58 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 672 | 4 | 1 | 4.31 | 1.48 |
| Jerry Staley | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 3 | 15 | 3.60 | 1.40 |
| Art Ditmar | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 60 | 34 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 242 | 1 | 2 | 5.67 | 1.54 |
| Dave Wickersham | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 11 | 5.14 | 1.43 |
| Bud Daley | 16 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 63.67 | 84 | 35 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 296 | 0 | 4 | 4.95 | 1.66 |
| Bill Fischer | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 10 | 3.86 | 1.52 |
| Ray Herbert | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83.67 | 103 | 50 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 381 | 0 | 0 | 5.38 | 1.59 |
| Lew Krausse | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 55.67 | 49 | 30 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 2 | 1 | 4.85 | 1.71 |
| Don Larsen | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 2 | 5 | 4.20 | 2.13 |
| Ken Johnson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.33 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 10.61 | 1.93 |
| Ed Keegan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 4.50 | 1.83 |
| John Wyatt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 2.45 | 1.64 |
| Mickey McDermott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.67 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 14.29 | 4.24 |
| Dan Pfister | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15.43 | 3.86 |
| Bill Kirk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2.33 |
| Paul Giel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 37.80 | 5.40 |
| TOTALS | 162 | 0 | 61 | 100 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 1,415.00 | 1342 | 745 | 90 | 580 | 0 | 772 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 1.36 |
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Pitching
| Player | Pos | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP |
| Bill Kunkel | P | 58 | 2 | 88.67 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| Ed Rakow | P | 45 | 11 | 124.67 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| Norm Bass | P | 40 | 23 | 170.67 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Archer | P | 39 | 27 | 205.33 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Nuxhall | P | 37 | 13 | 128.00 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Jerry Walker | P | 36 | 24 | 168.00 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Shaw | P | 26 | 24 | 150.33 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 2 |
| Jerry Staley | P | 23 | 0 | 30.00 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Ditmar | P | 20 | 5 | 54.00 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Wickersham | P | 17 | 0 | 21.00 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Bud Daley | P | 16 | 10 | 63.67 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Fischer | P | 15 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Herbert | P | 13 | 12 | 83.67 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Krausse | P | 12 | 8 | 55.67 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Larsen | P | 8 | 1 | 15.00 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Johnson | P | 6 | 1 | 9.33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Keegan | P | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wyatt | P | 5 | 0 | 7.33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mickey McDermott | P | 4 | 0 | 5.67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Pfister | P | 2 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kirk | P | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Giel | P | 1 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |